March - Week 1 (Meerkats)

What change should be made to sentence 2?

• Delete the comma after work

• Change funnier to funny

• Replace These with Them

• Make no change.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

How should sentence 5 be changed?

• Replace Every with Some

• Change helps to helping

• Change an to a

• Change the period to a question mark

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

Which sentence does not support the ideas in paragraph 1 and needs to be deleted?

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 8

• Sentence 10

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 8?

• Change There to Their

• Change guards to guard

• Change keep to keeping

• Sentence 8 is written correctly.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

• Some adults go hunting because others babysit and care for the young.

• Babysitting, hunting, and caring for young are some of the things that adult meerkats do.

• Some adult meerkats hunt, babysit, and care for the young.

• Some adults go hunting, and others babysit and care for the young.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

What change should be made to sentence 12?

• Change their to they're

• Replace are with was

• Insert a comma after scorpions

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

How should sentence 14 be changed?

• Replace an with a

• Replace Them with They

• Change helps to helped

• Change meerkats to meerkat’s

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

Which introductory sentence should be added before sentence 1?

• Of all the interesting animals in the world, the meerkat definitely stands out.

• Many creatures around the globe are active and live in groups.

• The meerkat has many different predators in the desert that can harm it.

• Very few animals can smell things underground like the meerkat does.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?

• Change make to making

• Insert a comma after sound

• Change ther'es to there’s

• No change is needed in sentence 9.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

The writer wants to add another detail to paragraph 1. Which sentence could best follow and support sentence 9?

• Hawks, eagles, and snakes are just a few dangers that meerkats face.

• Lions roar when they are threatened and scorpions sting.

• Many types of lizards exist in desert regions.

• Several guards keep the Queen of England safe.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2